Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Field Trip to Will and Rachel's - April 13, 2012

Our April shop
tour was held on April 13th, 2012 at 11 am at Will and Rachel’s Studio at 14802 Holy Cow Ranch Road in Rapid City, SD. Will and Rachel invited us to
their Rapid Valley studio to give us an overview of their
technique for turning bowls from SD trees and trees from around the world, to demonstrate
their carving techniques, and to view special artwork in their gallery. This is Will and Rachel’s working shop where
they are always preparing items for shows and displays. Last year was a year for publicity and
moments in the spotlight. Will and
Rachel were featured in three magazines and one woodturning symposium brochure. Will and Rachel were featured in the
Spring2011 issue of the ART
of the HILLS magazine where they describe their adventures with woods indigenous
to South
Dakota
including Russian Olive, Cottonwood,
Elm, Walnut, Black Hills Spruce, and Box Elder.
Then in August 2011, our local author and historian from Belle Fourche, SD, John English wrote a superb article for the American Woodturner
magazine called “Embracing the Flaws – The Work of Will Bellucci and Rachel
Scheffel. The next published work was in
the FINE WOODWORKING magazine – it was considered to be the apex of Will’s career
by his father, who has read every FINE WOODWOKING Magazine since the first
issue was published in 1975. In the
September/October 2010 issue of the FINE WOODWORKING magazine, in the Reader’s
Gallery, Will’s tupelo vessel is featured, with Rachel given credit for the
photography. In a brochure for a
woodturning symposium in Minnesota, Rachel was featured on the cover amid a huge pile of rough bowls, and
for this story, Will was given credit not as a woodturner, but as the
Photographer! Finally, as of this
publication, Will and Rachel are now featured in THE CUTTING EDGE! To
view Will Bellucci and Rachel Scheffel’s website gallery, visit www.woodsofwisdom.net.

Read more and see photos in the link below. After you click on the link, open the file for the May 2012 newsletter THE CUTTING EDGE and go to page 3.